A number of teams are either using or setting up OMIO routers. This thread is a place for people to share information and advice as well as ask questions related to the router.

I'm in the new purchaser setup group and here is my question. I'm having intermittent issues with USB connectivity. I read in the CNC Rourters for FRC Robotics thread that others have had this problem and were able to address the issue by grounding the VFD to the earth ground on the input connection. I tried this and when I plug in the controller the power connector arcs from the earth ground the controller frame.

It's not clear what damage, if any, this has caused.

Here are pictures of the connection, blue wire. Is there any advice on why this is occurring, how I can fix and how to determine if I have damaged the VFD.

When we did this mod we also grounded the case to that leg in the controller.

On the machine side, we grounded the machine itself and the spindle (Wire fed through the existing cable trays) to the ground leg of a screw clamp 110V connector plugged into the same power strips as the controller. This is definitely not the "correct" way to do this... but it worked during a quick troubleshooting session and we haven't revisited it since.

Thanks for starting this as we are also new with this machine. While we have not experienced your issue we did have several installation issues with getting the Mach3 software to load the various plugins in the correct directory. We initially tried to use a Windows 7 64 bit computer and when that did not work we moved to a Windows XP 32 bit setup that also did not work until we discovered the directory issue. My question is has anyone been successful in using a Windows 7 or 10 64 bit setup?.

I have an OMIO X-6m, out of the box, and can't seem to get the machine and Mach3 to talk. I am using a 32 bit windows pc, an evaluation copy of Mach3 but when I try to control the CNC from Mach3 there is nothing.

When I turn on power I can manually control the spindle when I take it out of Mach3 control-- this I learned from another youtube post.

The CNC router is Chinese of course and I am playing 20 questions with a 12 hour delay.

I have an OMIO X-6m, out of the box, and can't seem to get the machine and Mach3 to talk. I am using a 32 bit windows pc, an evaluation copy of Mach3 but when I try to control the CNC from Mach3 there is nothing.

When I turn on power I can manually control the spindle when I take it out of Mach3 control-- this I learned from another youtube post.

The CNC router is Chinese of course and I am playing 20 questions with a 12 hour delay.

Any suggestions on troubleshooting?

Thanks-
Steve

I think you should try for provided version of mach3 and installing their USB driver.

Thank you and have installed the software version from the manufacturer previously and motors don't turn.

Did you also install (and configure mach 3 to use) their USB driver?

You need to provide more information for us to be helpful.

What are you trying to do in mach 3?
What responses do you get?
Does the "DRO" in mach 3 increment as you try to jog the machine, or stay fixed?
Are you able to see the limit switches trigger in mach 3 when you hit them manually?

There are a few different manuals from mach 3 that are fairly good for figuring this stuff out.

Thanks and appreciate the help. The manufacturer sent files to install and overwrite in the installation directory which I did. Instructions said nothing of USB driver.

At this point I just want Mach3 to talk to the machine. The only feedback I get is the motors lock when I turn on the CNC controller-- other than that I can't use the PC to move any of the motors at all.

Thanks and appreciate the help. The manufacturer sent files to install and overwrite in the installation directory which I did. Instructions said nothing of USB driver.

At this point I just want Mach3 to talk to the machine. The only feedback I get is the motors lock when I turn on the CNC controller-- other than that I can't use the PC to move any of the motors at all.

Sounds like you need the USB driver from Omio then.

the same email they sent us with Mach 3 and the setup instructions had it, double check that and then I guess ask omio to send the driver.